stone vs pericarp

pericarp vs stone

stone and pericarp both are nouns.

stone is an adjective but pericarp is not an adjective.

stone is a verb but pericarp is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
pericarp	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pericarp is a hypernym of stone; that is, pericarp is a word with a broader meaning than stone:

stone: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
pericarp: the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

Other hypernyms of stone include seed vessel.

stone (noun)	pericarp (noun)
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose	the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
a lack of feeling or expression or movement
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

stone (adjective)	pericarp (adjective)
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

stone (verb)	pericarp (verb)
remove the pits from
kill by throwing stones at

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